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  Hideous Tricks to Play on Kids

   • s******j@**.com
     02/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     A bunch of people here at school got into a really weird converstation

     the other day. We thought about how easy it would be to mess with a

     kid's head, particularly if you are a parent. (Actually, this generally

     happens anyway, but that's another story.) Reason: Kids will eventually

     mess with your heads by inventing new slang, listening to asinine

     music, and contributing to the downfall of reasonable society. So you

     might as well get revenge while you can.

     Imagine telling your kid that humans, at around age 10, shed their

     skins. "It's not polite to talk about, but it's one of those things

     we all go through. One day you'll have an urge to rub your forehead

     and scalp against a rock. Pretty soon you'll have worn a hole and be

     able to wriggle out." The reason you don't see any skins lying around:
     You

     get the urge to eat the discarded layer after it's off.

     With desktop publishing so prevelant, you could even make up a color
     story

     book about the process: "John and Jane's Shedding Day Surprise."

     If you're a elementary school teacher, you could have whole classrooms

     believing this. If caught, you could make a big fuss over parents and

     the school administration trying to ignore the facts of life and not

     facing up to informing the kids themselves. Then you'll have a whole

     community of adults wondering why it didn't happen to them.

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       • a****4@f******.********n.ca
         03/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         Stefan E. Jones (s******j@**.com) writes:

         > A bunch of people here at school got into a really weird
         converstation

         > the other day. We thought about how easy it would be to mess with
         a

         > kid's head, particularly if you are a parent. (Actually, this
         generally

         > happens anyway, but that's another story.) Reason: Kids will
         eventually

         > mess with your heads by inventing new slang, listening to asinine

         > music, and contributing to the downfall of reasonable society. So
         you

         > might as well get revenge while you can.

         It's like Nancy, the button lady's button:

         "Insanity is heiretary, you get it from your kids!"

         ttyl

         Farrell